The Madeleine Brand Show for July 12, 2012

The results of Penn State's internal investigation into the Sandusky scandal, led by former federal judge and FBI ex-director Louis Freeh is set to be released today. The report runs over 200 pages and more than 400 people were interviewed for it, but former Penn State coach Joe Paterno was not one of them. The report may answer many of the troubling questions swirling around one of the worst scandals in sports history.

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Though Louis Freeh, the former federal judge and former FBI director, investigated the Sandusky scandal for more than eight months, Freeh doesn't have the power to arrest everybody. But his 267-page report paints a damning picture of a cover-up of Sandusky's abuses by the most senior officials at Penn State.

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In the United States, there are four cities that have at least 2 million residents: New York, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. According to LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, LA is the safest of them all. And if current trends hold, 2012 will be the tenth year in a row that crime numbers in Los Angeles have gone down. Madeleine talks to KPCC's Rina Palta about LA's crime statistics.

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Jim Dawson's new book, "Los Angeles's Bunker Hill: Pulp Fiction's Mean Streets and Film Noir's Ground Zero!" explores the shadowy history of the area, from its film noir past to the current era of re-development.

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About The Madeleine Brand Show

The Madeleine Brand Show, exclusively on 89.3 KPCC, 89.1 KUOR and 90.3 KVLA, captures the spirit of the West in a conversational, informal, witty style and examines the cultural issues people are buzzing about. Hosted by Madeleine Brand, and produced by Kristen Muller, Steve Proffitt and Sanden Totten, the show includes regular segments like Weird L.A. - highlighting a person, place or thing that you've never heard about, but probably should; Parenting on the Edge - a weekly discussion on the challenges and pitfalls of raising kids; as well as regular contributors like Luke Burbank, Rico Gagliano, Brendan Newnam and John Moe to help dissect culture, technology and business news.